Monday, May 1, 2017

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BALTIMORE(WJZ) — Baltimore’s mayor is asking for help from the FBI as the city struggles to contain a soaring murder rate. But will bringing in the feds stop the killings?

Catherine Pugh pulled no punches earlier this week when she said the violence is out of control.

“I’m calling on all the assistance we can possibly get because I can’t imagine going into our summer months with our crime rate where it is today, what that’s going to look like by the end of the summer,” Mayor Pugh said. “… Murder is out of control.”

CHICAGO (CBS)
— More than 1,000 people have been shot in Chicago so far this year, and the
city has had nearly 200 murders, but Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said he saw
some good news in April’s crime statistics.

According to the Chicago Police Department, shootings were down 13 percent for the first four months of the year, compared to the same time in 2016.

“The shooting incidents are down a little bit over 100 from the same time last year, so that’s some encouraging sign. The number of shooting victims is actually down, so if we can keep trending in that direction, then we should be setting ourselves up for a pretty good year,” he said.

While shootings were down, murders in April were up compared to last year. In April 2016, there were 36 murders in Chicago. There were 45 murders in April 2017.

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